diff --git a/cmd/autothrottle/main.go b/cmd/autothrottle/main.go
index 11070a7..e529083 100644
--- a/cmd/autothrottle/main.go
+++ b/cmd/autothrottle/main.go
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ var (
 	topicsRegex = []*regexp.Regexp{regexp.MustCompile(".*")}
 )
 
+type topicSet map[string]struct{}
+
+func (t1 topicSet) isSubSetOf(t2 topicSet) bool {
+	for k := range t1 {
+		if _, exist := t2[k]; !exist {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
 func main() {
 	v := flag.Bool("version", false, "version")
 	flag.StringVar(&Config.APIKey, "api-key", "", "Datadog API key")
@@ -149,8 +161,8 @@ func main() {
 	knownThrottles := true
 
 	var reassignments kafkazk.Reassignments
-	var replicatingPreviously map[string]struct{}
-	var replicatingNow map[string]struct{}
+	var replicatingPreviously = topicSet{}
+	var replicatingNow = topicSet{}
 	var done []string
 
 	// Params for the updateReplicationThrottle request.
@@ -217,6 +229,16 @@ func main() {
 			replicatingPreviously[t] = struct{}{}
 		}
 
+		// If all of the currently replicating topics are a subset
+		// of the previously replicating topics, we can stop updating
+		// the Kafka topic throttled replicas list. This minimizes
+		// state that must be propagated through the cluster.
+		if replicatingNow.isSubSetOf(replicatingPreviously) {
+			throttleMeta.DisableTopicUpdates()
+		} else {
+			throttleMeta.DisableTopicUpdates()
+		}
+
 		// Fetch any throttle override config.
 		overrideCfg, err := getThrottleOverride(zk, overridePath)
 		if err != nil {